Bøger af Linda Evans Shepherd

How to be a good friend.The Encouraging Hearts Handbook is a rare blend of true stories of friendship with engaging ideas to guide you in your quest to become an encouraging friend. Within the pages of this book you will learn how to comfort the grieving, reassure the worried, and calm those facing difficult life situations. With earnest prayer and faith, you will not only encourage your friends, but offer courageous words that will serve as a lighthouse into their future, no matter how dark. But even when your words fail, learn how to give one of the most comforting gifts of all -- the gift of listening. Linda says, "Too many women are trying to fly with broken wings of discouragement." The Encouraging Hearts Handbook will help you give wings of encouragement so that your loved ones can soar above their circumstances. The stories of more than 50 women are interwoven into the handbook so that you will see practical, era-life applications on how to be a good friend as you discover the unequaled joy of becoming an encouraging heart.

No matter what the hurt, there is always, always hopeWhere is God when everything comes crashing down? Where is he when a job is lost? When a child goes astray? When the diagnosis is dire? Does he truly care?In Praying through Hard Times, Linda Evans Shepherd shows you how to see God in times of trouble. With compassion born from her own experiences with tragedy, Shepherd offers you practical strategies for surviving difficult times, giving your worries and sadness to God, praying through the pain, and finding peace, hope, and joy once more. She even shows you how the tough times can draw you closer to God than ever before.

Experience joy you never thought possiblePraying for the latest crisis--whether global, national, family, health, or directional--could easily become a full-time occupation. But there's more to prayer than praying about the things in life that go wrong. What if you could pray that God would transform your tired, anxious heart into a joyful one?Knowing how to pray for joy is what you need not only to survive but to thrive. Let this collection of Scripture-powered prayers be your guide to an attitude of peace and joy. Packed with prayers of gratitude, praise, and hope, this inspiring collection will change your perspective, your life, and your heart as you press into pure, God-given joy.

When life sends us trouble, we should pray. When we experience blessings, we should pray. When a friend or loved one is going through a difficult time, we should pray. We know this. Yet too often we don't know exactly what to say--so we say nothing.Drawing from her many popular books on prayer, Linda Evans Shepherd offers you a compact, giftable compilation of powerful prayers arranged by topic, so you can find the words to ask God for help, consolation, wisdom, and many other needs for yourself or others. Covering such concerns as stress, anxiety, hard times, illness, and much more, the prayers in this book will be the ones you turn to again and again as you walk through life with the ones you love.

This inspirational book shows Christians the weapons God has given them to win their spiritual battles and achieve their God given purposes.

It's easy to pray for others' needs. If God takes a long time in answering--or answers with a no--it's easier to take. Far more difficult is focusing on your own needs, when sometimes you don't get the answers you want. What do you pray when life gets hard or even unbearable? When you lose a spouse or a child? When your health deteriorates? When your spiritual life seems barren? Linda Evans Shepherd knows what it's like to pray in the most dire of circumstances. She shows readers the how, what, and when of praying for themselves. As she takes readers through her own prayer journey and the stories of others, they will be encouraged and equipped to pray for themselves in any circumstance. They'll also find that whether or not God changes their circumstances, he will use prayer to change them.

Popular author, speaker, and expert on prayer shows readers how to move mountains through intercessory prayer for themselves and for their loved ones.

Through stories, practical application, examples of prayers for various situations, and guided reflection, Linda Evans Shepherd leads readers toward a more fruitful prayer life powered by God's promises.

We live in a world filled to the brim with advice, and when it comes to dealing with stress, there's plenty of advice to go around. Sleep more, eat better, avoid this, seek out that. But more advice on coping is not necessarily what the stressed and anxious person needs. What we need is a cure. Linda Evans Shepherd has discovered it.The true remedy to stress, she says, is prayer. In this inspiring book, Shepherd shows readers how to recognize God's continual presence and yield their troubles to the Prince of Peace. Through captivating stories, explorations of fascinating biblical characters, and examples of deeper-than-ever prayers, she brings within readers' grasp the peace that passes understanding. Anyone who is overwhelmed by all of the urgent demands on their time will find in this book a lifeline to true peace.

Most of us have felt it: that unexplained prompting in our hearts to stop and pray for a friend, a loved one, or even a stranger. Sometimes we dismiss the feeling as a stray thought about friends, families, or situations. Sometimes we are even awakened from a deep sleep with an even deeper need to go to God in prayer. Where do those urges come from? Are they truly from God? And do those prayers have any effect on the one we're praying for?In Called to Pray, Linda Evans Shepherd shares dozens of inspiring true stories of people who have felt God's call to pray--and the astonishing results of those impromptu prayers. For those who wonder if prayer has any effect or doubt that God communicates with us personally, this heart-stirring book will amaze, inspire, and equip them to respond to those holy promptings.

Linda Evans Shepherd shows how God's answers to prayer may not come packaged in the ways we would expect, but they do come in ways that will transform our lives. This book will be a comfort to those who struggle with faith yet still dare to believe that God cares. Through solid biblical teaching and true stories of answered prayer, Shepherd walks with readers on a journey to renewed hope.

From the award-winning author of When You Don't Know What to Pray comes a bold and life-transforming book that will help readers develop a vibrant relationship with God. Linda Evans Shepherd tells readers that a fulfilling prayer life is more than just regularly talking to God or checking items off a prayer list. God loves us so much that he wants us to draw close enough not only to talk but also to listen.Shepherd shows readers how to develop a dialogue with God, continually seeking him out and seeing him at work in our lives. Steeped in Scripture and personal stories of answered prayer, this book also includes sample prayers and action steps for readers to put into practice immediately.

This inspirational tool encourages and enables Christians to share their faith with confidence and God-given assurance.

For when you just don't know what to say to GodHow do you find the words to pray when life gives you circumstances beyond your control? When your finances, family, health, work, and more have driven you to a place of confusion? When it seems like the easiest thing would be to simply give up?Linda Evans Shepherd knows what it's like to desperately seek God through prayer. As she takes you through her own journey and the true stories of others, you will be encouraged and equipped to pray for yourself in any circumstance. You'll also discover the most important aspect of praying for yourself--that whether or not God changes your circumstances, he will use prayer to change you."A must-read."--Carole Lewis, First Place National Director"Truth that will transform your life."--LeAnn Thieman, coauthor, Chicken Soup for the Christian Woman's Soul"Linda teaches us how to pray, what to pray, and when to pray."--Thelma Wells, author; president, A Woman of God Ministries, Dallas, Texas"Linda reminds us that we can still expect miracles."--Shirley Rose, author; cohost, Aspiring Women TelevisionLinda Evans Shepherd is an award-winning author, a popular speaker, and a radio personality. The president of Right to the Heart Ministries, she is the author of several books, including Experiencing God's Presence and The Stress Cure. She and her husband live in Colorado.